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1 pressure
['preʃə]1) ((the amount of force exerted by) the action of pressing: to apply pressure to a cut to stop bleeding; A barometer measures atmospheric pressure.) πίεση2) ((a) strain or stress: The pressures of her work are sometimes too much for her.) πίεση3) (strong persuasion; compulsion or force: He agreed under pressure.) πίεση,εξαναγκασμός•- pressurise
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2 Pressure
subs.Necessity, compulsion: P. and V. ἀνάγκη, ἡ.Under pressure of: P. and V. ὑπό (gen.).Pressure of space: P. στενοχωρία, ἡ.Each people readily leaving their own country under pressure of neighbours growing more numerous with time: P. ῥᾳδίως ἕκαστοι τὴν ἑαυτῶν ἀπολείποντες βιαζόμενοι ὑπό τινων ἀει πλειόνων (Thuc. 1, 2).Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Pressure
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3 pressure
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4 pressure cooker
(a type of saucepan in which food is cooked quickly by steam kept under great pressure.) χύτρα ταχύτητας -
5 blood pressure
(the (amount of) pressure of the blood on the walls of the blood-vessels: The excitement will raise his blood pressure.) πίεση (αίματος) -
6 compressed air
(air which is at a pressure higher than atmospheric pressure: Deep sea divers breathe compressed air.) πεπιεσμένος αέρας -
7 imprint
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8 ridge
[ri‹]1) (a long narrow piece of ground etc raised above the level of the ground etc on either side of it.) ράχη, κορυφογραμμή2) (a long narrow row of hills.) οροσειρά3) (anything like a ridge in shape: A ridge of high pressure is a long narrow area of high pressure as shown on a weather map.) οτιδήποτε έχει σχήμα κορυφής4) (the top edge of something where two sloping surfaces meet, eg on a roof.) σαμάρι στέγης -
9 safety valve
(a valve eg on a pressure cooker that opens if the pressure of the steam in it becomes too great.) δικλείδα ασφαλείας -
10 aerosol
['eərəsol](a mixture of liquid or solid particles and gas under pressure which is released from a container in the form of a mist: Many deodorants come in the form of aerosols; ( also adjective) an aerosol spray.) σπρέι, αεροζόλ -
11 air-gun
noun (a gun that is worked by air under pressure.) αεροβόλο -
12 barometric
[bærə'metrik]adjective barometric pressure.) βαρομετρικός -
13 bear down on
1) (to approach quickly and often threateningly: The angry teacher bore down on the child.) πλησιάζω απειλητικά2) (to exert pressure on: The weight is bearing down on my chest.) πιέζω -
14 blood
1) (the red fluid pumped through the body by the heart: Blood poured from the wound in his side.) αίμα2) (descent or ancestors: He is of royal blood.) καταγωγή, συγγένεια•- bloody
- bloodcurdling
- blood donor
- blood group/type
- blood-poisoning
- blood pressure
- bloodshed
- bloodshot
- bloodstained
- bloodstream
- blood test
- bloodthirsty
- bloodthirstiness
- blood transfusion
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15 brainwash
verb (to force (a person) to confess etc by putting great (psychological) pressure on him: The terrorists brainwashed him into believing in their ideals.) κάνω πλύση εγκεφάλου -
16 dent
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17 depression
[-ʃən]1) (a state of sadness and low spirits: She was treated by the doctor for depression.) κατάθλιψη2) (lack of activity in trade: the depression of the 1930s.) ύφεση,οικονομική κρίση3) (an area of low pressure in the atmosphere: The bad weather is caused by a depression.) ύφεση(καιρικών φαινομένων)4) (a hollow.) βαθούλωμα -
18 give way
1) (to stop in order to allow eg traffic to pass: Give way to traffic coming from the right.) δίνω προτεραιότητα2) (to break, collapse etc under pressure: The bridge will give way any day now.) υποχωρώ3) (to agree against one's will: I have no intention of giving way to demands like that.) υποχωρώ -
19 glass
1) (a hard usually breakable transparent substance: The bottle is made of glass; ( also adjective) a glass bottle.) γυαλί2) (a usually tall hollow object made of glass, used for drinking: There are six glasses on the tray; sherry-glasses.) ποτήρι3) ((also looking-glass) a mirror.) καθρέφτης4) (a barometer, or the atmospheric pressure shown by one: The glass is falling.) βαρόμετρο•- glasses- glassful
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20 hydraulic
1) (worked by the pressure of water or some other liquid: hydraulic brakes.) υδραυλικός2) (relating to hydraulics: a hydraulic engineer.) υδραυλικός•- hydraulics
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